AHA Media Grant

The AHA Media Grant supports nonprofit community organizations in Alabama with innovative public humanities projects, such as documentary films and digital media initiatives. It aims to promote active public engagement and strong humanities content, requiring a 2:1 cost share match. AHA prioritizes projects that encourage collaboration with humanities scholars. Funded projects can begin only after a minimum of 75 days post-application deadline, ensuring thorough planning and community involvement.

Who & What We Fund
AHA awards grants to nonprofit community organizations to support a wide range of public humanities projects. Applicants are encouraged to develop imaginative proposals for a variety of audiences. Projects often include lectures, workshops, exhibitions, festivals, digital media and documentary films.
The three essential components of successful grant proposals are active public participation, strong humanities content and the direct involvement of humanities scholars.
As the state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), AHA is the primary source of grants for public humanities programming in Alabama.
The Humanities
The humanities are often described as the study of how people process and document the human experience. These modes of expression have become some of the subjects traditionally listed under the humanities umbrella. According to NEH, the humanities disciplines include, but are not limited to, the study and interpretation of the following:
LanguagesLiteratureHistoryPhilosophy and ethicsJurisprudenceArchaeologyComparative religionArt history, theory, and criticismSocial sciences employing humanistic methods
Media Grants provide support for documentary films, television and radio programs, and digital or web-based projects. Media grants require a 2:1 cost share match, including cash and in-kind contributions.
Project activities cannot begin until at least 75 days after the application deadline.